U.S. patent number 6,859,755 [Application Number 09/855,179] was granted by the patent office on 2005-02-22 for diagnostics for industrial process control and measurement systems. This patent grant is currently assigned to Rosemount Inc.. Invention is credited to Dale W. Borgeson, Evren Eryurek, Marcos Peluso, Gregory H. Rome, Weston R. Roper.
United States Patent | 6,859,755 |
Eryurek , et al. | February 22, 2005 |
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A field device includes diagnostic circuitry adapted to measure a characteristic related to a process control and measurement system. The measured characteristic is used to provide a diagnostic output indicative of a condition of the process control and measurement system. The measured characteristic can be provided to a diagnostic module that operates upon the measured characteristic to predict, or otherwise model, a condition of the process control and measurement system.
Inventors: | Eryurek; Evren (Minneapolis, MN), Borgeson; Dale W. (Minneapolis, MN), Peluso; Marcos (Chanhassen, MN), Rome; Gregory H. (Fridley, MN), Roper; Weston R. (St. Louis Park, MN) |
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Assignee: | Rosemount Inc. (Eden Prairie,
MN) |
Family ID: | 25320540 |
Appl. No.: | 09/855,179 |
Filed: | May 14, 2001 |
Current U.S. Class: | 702/183; 700/117 |
Current CPC Class: | G05B 23/02 (20130101); H04L 43/18 (20130101); H04L 12/40006 (20130101); G05B 23/0213 (20130101); H04L 2012/4026 (20130101); G05B 2219/31129 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | G05B 23/02 (20060101); G06F 011/30 () |
Field of Search: | ;327/512 ;702/183,179 ;700/117,10,79 ;340/310.01 ;709/230 ;710/269 |
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